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(Reprinted from the Mant/facturees' Record, Baltimore, Md., July 25, 1907.) 



PERPETUATION OF LOCAL HISTORY IN VIRGINIA. 

[Written for the Manufacturers' Record.] 

One of the most interesting phases of the movement for the preservation of the 
records of the great history of Virginia is the practical interest shown in the plan, 
most prominent, perhaps, in the tidewater section of the Old Dominion, of making 
the county courthouses historical museums, as it were. Some years ago Hon. T. R. 
B. Wright of Tappahannock, who is now Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of 
Virginia, embracing the counties of Essex, Westmoreland, Mathews, Middlesex, King 
and Queen, Northumberland, Gloucester, Lancaster and King William, commenced 
to hang on the walls of the courthouse at Tappahannock, in Essex county, portraits 
of the men distinguished in the administration of justice and in civic life and promi- 
nent in the local history of the county. 

The matter seemed to appeal to the pride and patriotism of the people, and it has 
proved to be a great success, as the portraits are not only valuable contributions to 
local history, but the local gallery has been a means of fostering the self-respect and 
dignity of the county. 

It has given an impetus to the painting, renovating and building of courthouses, 
a new equipment in furniture and improvement or all the environments of the prop- 
erty, and has created an esprit de corps among the officials for a greater cleanliness 
and care of public buildings and a larger modicum of atteution. 

The galleries have come to stay, are improving all the time, and when the people 
visit them they feel that they are a part and parcel of them and in the warp and 
woof of their local history and traditions, that they are in the house of their fathers, 
and they will not give them up. 

The portraits, instead of being a tax or a burden on taxpayers, are private con- 
tributions — heart offerings, as it were, of the donors. Every portrait is presented 
and accepted with impressive and appropriate ceremony, and entry is made in the 
order-book of the court. The addresses, with full text, are published in local papers, 
periodicals, magazines, etc. At any rate, they find their way into print and are 
preserved in enduring form as local history and a part of the current literature of 
the day. 

The movement has proven a success in all of the courthouses of the circuit and in 
other parts of the State, and since the reorganization of the judicial circuits under 
the new Constitution of Virginia, 1901-1902, the counties in the present Twelfth 
Judicial Circuit are filling up their galleries. 

Laudable as is this movement for the perpetuation of the records of this section of 
Virginia, and worthy as it is of duplication in all parts of the South, it will not have 
its full effect unless it inspire the men of today to be as active in the making of history 
as their fathers and grandfathers were before them. The records of the immediate 
future will be concerned with material development. The section of Virginia in which 
Judge Wright is especially interested has not yet come under the full sway of the spirit 
now dominating the South and looking to a full realization of its material potentialities. 
It is not a section where many great industries may flourish, but in agricultural possi- 
bilities, especially in the line of meeting the ever-increasing demand in other parts of 






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the country for fruits and vegetables, it is hardly surpassed by any territory hereabouts. 
Moreover, certain minor industries in their success have already pointed the way to 
wealth for a great number of others of the same character, the liveliest sort of interest 
in immigration is developing, and it is not rash to predict that with adequate trans- 
portation facilities by water penetrating the peninsulas of that section and by rail, 
stretching from river and bay to trunk lines, that portion of Tidewater Virginia is to 
blossom as the rose. 

Obligations of students of history to Judge Wright for his pioneer work in further- 
ing this movement are increased because of the labor he has spent upon the writing 
of brief histories of the counties within his circuit and the compilation of lists of the 
memorials in the respective county courthouses. This material should be published 
in a small volume, not only for the furtherance of the movement, but also as an 
encouragement of the material development of one of the most richly-endowed sections 
of the country. In its desire to participate in the movement the Manufacturers' 
Record has pleasure in reproducing from Judge Wright's manuscript the lists of the 
memorials by counties as follows : 

Westmoreland County. 

1. Gen. George Washington, first President of the United States; painted after 
Harding, and donated and painted by (Mrs. John S. Bonebrake) Miss M. B. Snyder. 

2. James Monroe, fifth President of the United States ; painted by Willis Pepoon, 
Richmond, Va., after Vanderlyn — coloring after Stuart — and donated by P. H. Mayo, 
Richmond, Va. 

3. William Pitt, Lord Chatham ; donated in 1768 by Edmond Jennings, Esq., of 
London, England, to the gentlemen of the county of Westmoreland ; figure full length, 
addressing the British Parliament. This historic painting once embellished the hall 
of the House of Delegates, Richmond, Va. 

4. Gen. Robert E. Lee of Stratford. In full uniform ; figure full length, painted 
by E. F. Andrews, and donated by Col. R. E. Lee, Jr., Fairfax county, his grandson. 

5. Judge Bushrod Washington, favorite nephew of General Washington, devisee 
of Mount Vernon, his books and library, Associate Justice Supreme Court of United 
States ; painted by Estella Gross, Washington, D. C, after Harding, and donated by 
the Mount Vernon Washingtons through Major R. W. Hunter, secretary of Confed- 
erate Records, who married Miss Lila Washington. 

6. Gen. Thomas Stuart Garnett (of Chancellorsville fame), Confederate States 
Army ; painted and donated by Mrs. Roberta Garnett Morris, Fredericksburg, Va., 
his sister. 

7. Col. Henry T. Garnett ; painted and donated by Mrs. Roberta Garnett Morris, 
Fredericksburg, Va., his daughter. 

8. Gen. R. L. T. Beale, Brigadier of Cavalry, Confederate States Army and 
member of United States Congress before and after the war between the States ; 
donated by his family. 

9. Judge Richard Parker, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia ; donated by 
James R. Keene, New York ; painted by Charles S. Forbes, Boston, now Paris, France. 

10. Judge John Critcher, Colonel, Confederate States Army, member of Congress 
and Circuit Judge ; painted by Miss Catherine Carter Critcher, Paris School of Arts, 
and donated by Mrs. Nannie C. Gatewood, Washington, D. C, and herself. 

11. Gov. Henry (Light Horse Harry) Lee, Governor of Virginia, General, 
United States Army, and member of Congress (eulogist on the death of Washington) ; 



father of Gen. R. E. Lee ; painted by B. West Clinedivist, Pawling, Dutchess county, 
New York, after Stuart, and donated by Gen. G. W. Custis Lee, his grandson. 

12. Francis Lightfoot Lee of Stratford, member of Congress and signer of Decla- 
ration of Independence ; painted by Willis Pepoon, Richmond, Va., after Peale, and 
donated by Dr. Richard H. Stuart of Stratford. 

13. Richard Henry Lee of Chantilly (born at Stratford), member of the "First 
Congress at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774," and signer of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence ; author of "The Committee of Correspondence," from which sprang the 
Union of the Colonies, and mover on the 7th day of June, 1776, in the Continental 
Congress "that these united colonies are and ought- to be free and independent 
States;" painted by Mrs. Montague (nee Taliaferro) after Peale, and donated by 
Joseph Bryan, Richmond, Va. 

" 14. William Lee of Stratford, Lord Mayor of London, England, and United 
States Commissioner to the Court of Berlin, and United States representative to 
Holland ; painted by Charles S. Forbes, Boston, now Paris, France ; donated by 
James R. Keene, New York. 

15. Arthur Lee of Stratford, member of Congress, United States Minister to the 
Court of Versailles; painted by Harreotte Lee Montague (nee Taliaferro), Rich- 
mond, Va. ; donated by William ,H. Lee, president of the Merchants'-Laclede National 
Bank, St. Louis, Mo. ; Blair Lee and John F. Lee, his brother. 

16. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) to Taliaferro 
Hunter, Superintendent of Schools of Westmoreland county and educator ; donated 
by the citizens of Westmoreland county through Miss Lizzie Baker. 

King and Queen County. 

1. Judge John G. Dew, Judge County Court and second Auditor of the State of 
Virginia ; donated by his family. 

2. Hon. Walter Gresham, member of Congress State of Texas ; donated by his 
family. 

3. Judge Spencer Roane, Judge Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia ; donated 
by Judge T. R. B. Wright. 

4. Judge James M. Jeffries, Circuit Court ; donated and painted by R. T. Daniel, 
Jr., Richmond, Va. 

5. Hon. Wm. L. Wilson, member of Congress West Virginia and Postmaster- 
General United States under Cleveland (President) ; donated by family. 

6. Judge J. H. C. Jones, Judge County Court, and Virginia Legislature ; donated 
by Hon. Spencer C. Jones, Rockville, Md. 

7. Judge John D. Foster, Judge County Court ; donated by Mrs. F. Almira Pitts, 
Amelia county Virginia, his sister. 

8. Hon. William H. Roane, United States Senate ; donated by Col. William R. 
Aylett. 

9. Dr. Samuel G. Fauntleroy, member of old County Court ; donated by his 
family. 

10. Edward S. Acree, member of old County Court ; donated by E. F. Acree, 
Danville, Va., his son. 

11. Major Roderick Bland, member of old County Court ; donated by his family. 

12. Major John Robert Bagby, Confederate States Army and member of old 
County Court ; donated by his family. 



r - 13. John Muscoe Garnett, member of old County Court; donated by his family. 

14. Benjamin F. Dew, member of old County Court ; donated by his family. 

15. Thomas R. Gresham, member of old County Court ; donated by his family. 

16. Col. Robert Bland, member of old County Court; donated by Dr. James 
Bland, his son. 

17. Col. Wm. B. Davis, member of old County Court and Virginia Legislature ; 
donated by Mrs. E. S. Davis, his wife. 

18. Col. Alexander Fleet, member of old County Court, patron and author of the 
poor debtors' law of Virginia, and Virginia Legislature ; donated by Wm. F. Bagby, 
grandson. 

19. Col. Robert Spencer, member of old County Court ; donated by Capt. Robert 
H. Spencer, his son. 

20. Capt. Robert Courtney, member of old County Court; donated by Theodore 
Courtney, grandson. 

21. Hon. John Robinson, Speaker of House of Burgesses; donated by George 
Anthony Haynes, Richmond, Va. 

22. Prof. Thomas R. Dew, president William and Mary College and author; 
donated by Judge John G. Dew. 

23. Rev. Robert B. Semple, D.D. ; donated by Rev. J. O. Kirk, Richmond, Va. 

24. Rev. Robert Ryland, D.D., president of Richmond College ; donated by S. P. 
Ryland, Baltimore, Md. 

25. Hon. Carter Braxton, signer of Declaration of Independence; donated by 
Hon. Josiah Ryland, second Auditor of Virginia. 

26. Dr. William Hoskins, Surgeon, Confederate States Army, and member House 

• of Delegates ; donated by his family. 

27. Robert Hutchinson, author of "Common Carriers ;" donated by his family. 

28. David P. Wright, member of old County Court and House of Delegates; 

• donated by Motley and Hutchinson families. 

29. Col. John Pollard, High Sheriff and Commissioner of Accounts; donated by 
f his family. 

30. John N. Gresham, Clerk of Courts and House of Delegates ; donated by Mrs. 
R. N. Pollard. 

31. Robert Pollard, Jr., Clerk of Courts; donated by his family. 

32. Rev. William Todd, Clerk of Courts ; donated by R. B. Todd, the City Bank, 
i Richmond, Va. 

33. Robert Pollard, Sir., Clerk of Courts; donated by his family. 

34. Samuel Tunstall, member of old County Court ; painted by Miss M. C. Tebbs, 
Richmond, Va., and donated by Judge Wright. 

35. Rev. Andrew Broaddus, orator and divine ; donated by Rev. Andrew Broad- 
dus, D.D., his son. 

36. Wellford Corbin, president State Board of Agriculture; donated by Mrs. 
' Diana Fontaine Maury Corbin, his wife. 

37. William Boulware, United States Minister to Naples; donated by Dr. Wm. 
1 L. Broaddus. 

38. James Southgate ; donated by James Southgate, Durham, N. C his son. 

39. Alexander Dudley, president of Richmond & York River Railroad; donated 

• by his son and Spottswood Bird, Baltimore, Md. 



40. Capt. Campbell Fox, Captain, Confederate States Army ; donated by Fox 
Bros., his sons, Pine Bluff, Ark. 

41. Judge Thomas Ruffin, Chief Justice Supreme Court of North Carolina; 
donated by Judge T. R. B. Wright. 

42. Hon. Thomas W. Garrett, House of Delegates; donated by Dr. James R. 
Garrett, his brother. 

43. Dr. R. H. Cox, Secession Convention and House of Delegates; donated by 
William G. Brooks, West Point, Va. 

44. Capt. Napoleon B. Street, Confederate States Army ; donated by W. J. 
Abrams. 

45. Col. Archibald Roane Harwood, State Senate ; donated by Col. S. F. Har- 
wood, his son. 

46. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble), with coat of arms, commemorative 
of Christopher Harwood, died 1774 ; his son, Capt. William Harwood, born 1734, died 
1773 ; his son, Major Christopher Harwood, died 1793 ; his son, Capt. Archibald 
Roane Harwood, born 1786, died 1837 ; his sons, Samuel Fauntleroy Harwood of 
Newington, born 1817, Senate of Virginia, vestryman ; Major Thomas M. Harwood 
of Newington, born 1827, died at Gonzales, Texas, 1900; Willis' Batallion, Waul's 
Texas Legion, Confederate States Army ; Special Judge Supreme Court of Texas, 
1886; regent University of Texas, 1882-1895, and ruling elder, 1877-1900; donated 
by Miss Mary Frances Harwood, Gonzales, Texas. 

Essex County. 

1. Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, United States Senate, Secretary of State in President 
Davis' Cabinet; donated by Miss Mary B. P. Garnett, Hoboken, N. J. 

2. Hon. Thomas Ritchie, Richmond Enquirer; donated by his kinsmen of Essex 
county. 

3. Gov. George William Smith, who lost his life in the burning of the Richmond 
Theater December 26, 1811 ; painted and donated by Miss M. Gertrude von Stremyn 
Kriete, Baltimore, Md. 

4. Hon. James M. Garnett, "Virginia Convention, 29-30, and member of Congress ; 
donated by Prof. James M. Garnett, Baltimore, Md., and Judge Theodore S. Garnett, 
Norfolk, Va. 

5. Hon. Robert S. Garnett, member Congress ; donated by Capt. John M. Garnett. 

6. Hon. Selden S. Wright, Judge, Mississippi and California; donated by Mrs. 
Joanna Maynard Wright, his wife, San Francisco. 

7. Hon. M. R. H. Garnett, member Congress; donated by Miss Mary B. P. 
Garnett, Hoboken, N. J. 

8. Hon, Meriwether Smith, member Congress (1778-1782) ; donated by C. S. 
and B. S. Smith. 

9. Hon. Thomas Croxton, member Congress ; donated by his family. 

10. Hon. John Tayloe Lomax, Circuit Court and professor law, University of 
Virginia ; donated by W. R. Lomax. 

11. A. P. Montague, LL.D., president Furman University ; donated by his 
family. 

12. Judge Eustace Conway, Circuit Court; donated by John Armistead Conway, 
V'icksburg, Miss. 



13. Judge John B. Christian, Circuit Court ; donated by Judge George L. Chris- 
tian, Richmond, Va. 

14. Judge Spencer Roane, Court of Appeals ; donated by C. J. Sale. 

15. Judge John Critcher, Judge Circuit Court and member Congress ; donated by 
Miss Catharine Carter Critcher, Paris School of Art, and Miss Nannie C. Gatewood, 
Washington, D. C, daughters. 

16. Judge A. B. Evans, Circuit Court ; donated by Judge T. R. B. Wright. 

17. Judge Muscoe Garnett, Judge County Court and Constitutional Convention ; 
donated by his family. 

18. Judge T. E. Blakey, Judge County Court, Commonwealth's Attorney and 
State Senate ; donated by his family. 

19. Hon. H. Clay Tompkins, Attorney-General Alabama ; donated by his family. 

20. James Roy Micou, Clerk of Courts for 57 years ; donated by his family. 

21. Judge William Browne, Judge Circuit Court ; donated by Mrs. Virginia L. 
Bayless, Evanston, 111., his daughter. 

22. Judge H. W. Daingerfield, Judge County Court and Virginia Legislature ; 
donated by George and Miss Louisa Daingerfield. 

23. Col. Richard Rouzie, old County Court ; donated by Dr. A. R. Rouzie. 

24. Col. George Wright, Commonwealth's Attorney ; donated by his family. 

25. Henry W. Latane, old County Court and Virginia Legislature; painted and 
donated by Miss Susan Latane, Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Claggett B. Jones, King 
and Queen county. 

26. Warner Lewis, old County Court; donated by his family. 

27. E. F. Noel, old County Court and Virginia Legislature ; donated by Miss 
Lizzie Kate Lewis, granddaughter, Richmond, Va. ' 

28. Rufus S. Rennolds, Commonwealth's Attorney ; donated by H. S. Rouzie, R. 
Beale Rouzie and Judge Wright. 

29. Alexander Baylor, old County Court ; donated by William Baylor. 

30. H. South worth, Clerk of Courts and Virginia Legislature ; donated by his 
family. 

31. Lewis H. Garnett, Commonwealth's Attorney ; donated by Wm. C. Garnett. 

32. Judge John Thompson Jones, Judge, State of Arkansas ; donated by Mr. 
and Mrs. Paul Jones, New York. 

33. Thomas W. Lewis, old County Court ; donated by his family. 

34. Larkin Hundley, president old County Court; donated by his family. 

35. Richard Baylor, old County Court and Virginia Legislature ; donated by 
Richard and Harry Baylor. 

36. John Lee, Clerk of Courts. 

37. John P. Lee, Jr., Clerk of Courts. 

38. James M. Matthews, Reporter Court of Appeals and author. 

39. William B. Matthews, Deputy Clerk of Courts. 

40. Mural tablets to William B. Matthews, Clerk of Courts, 1814-1830; the 
last five donated by William B. Matthews, Washington, D. C. 

41. Engraving, "Burial of Latane ;" donated by Judge Wright. 

42. Gen. Robert S. Garnett, Confederate States Army ; donated by Capt. John 
M. Garnett. 

43. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) commemora- 
tive of Gen. Richard B. Garnett of Rose Hill, Essex county, killed at Gettysburg, 



Pa., July 3, 1863, while in command of one of the brigades of Pickett's Division in 
the famous charge on Cemetery Ridge ; donated by Mrs. John B. Purcell, Richmond, 
Va., his niece. 

44. Col. Meriwether Lewis, Confederate States Army and Senate of Virginia ; 
donated by Dr. F. W. Lewis. 

45. Capt. L. D. Roane, Confederate States Army ; donated by Judge T. B. 
Blakey. 

46. Capt. William Latane Brooke, Confederate States Army ; donated by R. T. 
Cauthorn. 

47. Capt. George W. Street, Confederate States Army ; donated by William H. 
Street. 

48. Capt. William A. Street, Confederate States Army ; donated by Zachariah 
Street. 

49. Capt. Austin Brockenbrough, Confederate States Army ; painted and donated 
by Mrs. Wm. J. Duff, Norfolk, Va. 

50. Capt. William A. Oliver, Confederate States Army ; donated by Frank G. 
Newbill. 

51. Lieut. John Latane, Confederate States Army ; donated by his family. 

52. Lieut. Charles Roy, Confederate States Army ; donated by Mrs. J. C. Hos- 
kins, Saluda, Va., and Dr. A. G. Roy, Atlanta, Ga. 

53. Richard Edward Wright, Confederate States Army, killed in battles around 
Petersburg, Va. 

54. Capt. Wm. A. Wright, Essex Sharpshooters, Confederate States Army, killed 
in battle Frazier's Farm ; the last two donated by Judge Wright. 

55. Col. E. van Rice, Confederate States Army ; donated by George W. Rice and 
sons. 

56. Major Thomas M. Burke, Confederate States Army ; donated by Archie and 
Frank Burke, Richmond, Va. 

57. Capt. Robert G. Haile, Jr., Confederate States Army ; donated by R. C. 
McDonald. 

58. Capt. A. W. Broaddus, Confederate States Army ; donated by W. J. Parker. 

59. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) commemora- 
tive of Capt. Robert G. Haile, Sr., Sixth Virginia Regiment, War 1812 ; Inspector of 
Tobacco, 1816-1832; School Commissioner, 1845; Capt. Robert G. Haile, Jr., Com- 
pany F, Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiment, Confederate States Army, mortally wounded 
at Gaines Mill ; Lieut. John Haile, Company A, Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiment, Con- 
federate States Army, Justice County Court, and William J. Haile, M.D., Acting 
Surgeon, Confederate States Army ; donated by Frank H. Haile, Lynchburg, Va. 

60. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble) commemorative of William Latane, 
M.D., Captain, Confederate States Army, killed June 13, 1862, in Stuart's "Ride 
Around McClellan ;" Lewis Latane, Confederate States Army; Lieut. John Latane, 
died Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D. C, 1864, from wound ; donated by Miss Susan 
Latane, Baltimore, Md. 

61. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold, with coat of 
arms) commemorative of Thomas Waring, emigrant, 3680; Col. Frank Waring of 
Goldberry, House of Delegates, 1765 ; Henry Waring, Lieutenant, Seventh Virginia 
Regiment ; Thomas Gouldman Waring and William Waring, War of the Revolution, 
and Wm. L. Waring, War 1814; donated by Harry Baylor. 



62. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) commemora- 
tive of Robert Brooke, Gentleman Justice of the old Court, 1692-1706; Robert 
Brooke, Jr., Clerk of the old Court, 1700, and "Horseshoe Knight;" Judge Francis 
T. Brooke, Supreme Court of Appeals, 1811-1851, and William Hill Brooke, Gentle- 
man Justice; donated by Mrs. Ella (Brooke) Perry, Washington, D. C. ; John Law- 
rence, William Thornton, Alexander Tunstall and Rodereick Baynham Brooke, Lucy 
G. (Brooke) Catlett, Virginia (Brooke) Anderson, Mary Baylor Brooke and Alice 
(Brooke) Jackson. 

63. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold, with coat of 
arms) commemorative of John Rennolds, emigrant, 1740; Streshley Rennolds, in 
Revolutionary War, Presidential Elector, Sheriff of old Court ; William D. Rennolds, 
Captain, Virginia Militia ; Albert Rennolds, Captain in Texas Revolution, on staff of 
General Houston; Henry S. Rennolds, M.D., Surgeon, United States Navy; Robert 
B. Rennolds, M.D., surgeon and physician, and Albert Rennolds, Confederate States 
Army, Captain Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiment; donated by Robert Gordon Rennolds, 
Richmond, Va. ; Father L. Paul Rennolds, Chaplain, United States Navy ; Otway P. 
Rennolds, Harris, Va., and William Gregory Rennolds, Essex county, Virginia. 

64. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold, with coat of 
arms) commemorative to Thomas Gresham, Ensign Ninth Virginia Regiment, War 
1812; Commonwealth's Attorney, 1818-1835; Henry Gresham, M.D., graduate medi- 
cine, University of Pennsylvania and Paris; Superintendent Schools, 1873-1883; 
president Board of Supervisors, 1873-1883; Surgeon, Confederate States Army; 
donated by the family. 

65. Judge William Brockenbrough, Circuit Court and Court of Appeals ; donated 
by Judge James Keigh, Judge John W. Rieley, Judge John A. Buchanan, Judge 
Richard H. Cardwell and Judge George M. Harrison, Supreme Court of Appeals of 
Virginia; Prof. John P. McGuire, Miss Mary M. P. Newton, B. B. Brockenbrough, 
T. C. Gordon, B. Blake Minor, Jr., M.D., and Prof. B. B. Minor. 

Lancaster County, 

1. Col. (King) Robert Carter, President of Governor's Council and Acting Gov- 
ernor (1726-1727) of the Colony; donated by John A. Palmer. 

2. Hon. Charles Carter, Burgess ; donated by R. D. Carter. 

3. Mary Ball, mother of George Washington ; portrait donated by Judge T. R. B. 
Wright, frame by Henry Williams of Baltimore. 

4. Hon. Richard Mitchell, Burgess ; donated by Lombard C. Mitchell. 

5. Col. Burgess Ball, Washington's staff ; donated by Judge Wright. 

6. Judge Ellyson Currie, Convention 29-30 and Circuit Court; donated by Mrs. 
L. C. Hall, granddaughter, Hopeside, Va. 

7. Bishop Enoch George ; donated by Rev. J. O. Babcock. 

8. Bishop David S. Doggett ; donated by Rowland Doggett, Charlottesville, Va. 

9. Cyrus Doggett, Clerk of Court ; donated by Rowland Doggett, Charlottesville. 

10. Robert T. Dunaway, Clerk of Court ; donated by R. R. Dunaway. 

11. Warner Eubank, Clerk of Court ; donated by Mrs. Emma Eubank, his wife. 

12. Judge A. Browne Evans, Circuit Court and Virginia Legislature; donated by 
Judge Wright. 



13. Col. Addison Hall, member of Legislature, Secession Convention and President 
of the old Court ; donated by John A. Palmer. 

14. Henry S. Hathaway, member of old Court ; donated by Walter E. and Howard 
S. Hathaway. 

15. Col. John Chowning, member of old County Court ; donated by Judge John 
C. Ewell. 

16. Judge Samuel Straughan, member of the Legislature and Judge of the County 
Courts of Lancaster and Northumberland ; donated by Miss Jane Straughan. 

17. Judge Samuel Downing, Judge of the County Courts of Lancaster and North- 
umberland, and Virginia Legislature ; donated by T. J. Downing. 

18. Judge Edwin Broun, Judge of the County Courts of Lancaster and Northum- 
berland ; donated by Edwin Broun. 

19. Judge J. C. Ewell, Judge of the County Courts of Lancaster and Northumber- 
land ; donated by his sister. 

20. Samuel Gresham, Commonwealth's Attorney ; donated by Capt. S. P. Gresham. 

21. Walter R. Gresham, Commonwealth's Attorney ; donated by Mrs. Florence R. 
Chowning. 

22. Col. Ralph Edmonds, Commonwealth's Attorney ; donated by Judge Wright. 

23. Col. Meriwether Lewis, Confederate States Army and Virginia Senate ; donated 
by F. W. Lewis and Mrs. Neale, his children. 

24. Major Charles N. Lawson, Confederate States Army ; donated by E. E. 
Lawson. 

25. Capt. Samuel Downing, Confederate States Army ; donated by his wife. 

26. Lawson-Ball Camp of Confederate Veterans, 75 in the group ; donated by 
Walter E. Hathaway. 

27. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble) to Henry Towles, member of Virginia 
Convention 1788, member of General Assembly of Virginia ; Henry Towles, Clerk of 
Lancaster County, 1794-1799 ; James Towles, Clerk of Lancaster County, 1799-1820 ; 
donated by G. S. Towles. 

28. Gen. R. E. Lee ; donated by citizens of Lancaster county. 

29. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall) ; donated by citizens of Lancaster 
county. 

30. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) to Rev. James 
Waddell, the blind preacher and orator immortalized in Wirt's "British Spy;" donated 
by Capt. Geo. P. Squires. 

Mathews County. 

1. Hon. Seth Shepard, Judge of Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, Washing- 
ton, D. C. ; donated by his family. 

2. Shepard G. Miller, Clerk of Courts. 

3. George S. Miller, Clerk of Courts ; the last two donated by their families. 

4. Thomas Robinson Yeatman, Clerk of the Courts, member of House of Dele- 
gates ; painted by Mrs. Judge Taylor, and donated by his family. 

5. Hon. Wm. H. Roy, Commonwealth's Attorney and House of Delegates of Vir- 
ginia ; donated by his family. 

6. John William Jarvis, Commonwealth's Attorney ; donated by Mrs. Seth Shep- 
ard, Washington, D. C, his daughter. 



7. Judge Wyndham Kemp, Judge of County Court ; donated by Mrs. Washington, 
his daughter. 

8. William Marshall Brownley, member of the old County Court; donated by 
John B. Donovan. 

9. Col. Walter G. Lane, member of the old Court and House of Delegates ; donated 
by his family. 

10. Judge L. C. Bristow, Judge County Courts, Mathews and Middlesex ; donated 
by his family. 

11. Gen. James H. Lane, Confederate States Army ; donated by his family. 

12. President Jefferson Davis, Confederate States of America. 

13. Capt. Sallie Louisa Tompkins, Confederate States Army. The only woman 
commissioned in the Confederate States service. 

14. Lee and Jackson at their last meeting; the three last donated by Lane-Diggs 
Confederate Camp. 

15. Hon. Benjamin Franklin Bland, Senate of Virginia ; donated by Hon. George 
Y. Hunley. 

16. Judge Thomas J. Christian, Judge of County Courts, Mathews and Middlesex, 
and Senate of Virginia ; donated by his family. 

17. Gen. Thomas Mathews, from whom the county was named ; donated by R. L. 
McCready and J. D. Harris. 

Middlesex County. 

1. Judge Joseph Christian, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia; painted and 
donated by Mrs. J. W. (Gertrude Christian) Fosdick, New York. 

2. Judge Robert L. Montague, Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia, member of Con- 
federate States Congress and Circuit Judge ; donated by Governor Andrew Jackson 
Montague, United States District Attorney, Attorney-General and Governor of Virginia. 

3. Judge L. C. Bristow, Judge County Courts, Middlesex and Mathews counties ; 
donated by his wife and J. A. Bristow. 

4. Win. Hill Vaughan, Sheriff ; donated by E. S. Vaughan, his son. 

5. Major Richard Segar, Clerk of Courts ; donated by John R. Segar, his grandson. 

6. Judge R. L. Henley, Judge Circuit Court ; donated by Norvelle L. Henley, his 
son. 

7. Capt. Elliott Muse Healy, Confederate States Army; donated by Mrs. W. E. 
Wright, his niece. 

8. Philemon T. Woodward, Clerk of Courts ; donated by W. W. Woodward, his son. 

9. John Healy, Clerk of Courts ; donated by Thomas Bealy, his son. 

10. Benjamin Morgan, Sheriff; donated by his wife and Mrs. Addison Bristow, 
his sister. 

11. William Smith, Confederate soldier ; donated by Mrs. R. B. Segar. 

12. Judge John Bacon Clopton, Judge Circuit Court ; donated by Judge T. R. B. 
Wright. 

13. Judge James M. Jeffries, Judge Circuit Court ; donated by W. W. Woodward. 

14. Dr. William S. Christian, Colonel Confederate States Army ; painted and 
donated by Dr. Alfred C. Palmer. 

15. Hon. Benjamin Franklin Bland, State Senate ; donated by Hon. J. Boyd Sears. 

16. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) commemorative 



of Col. Thomas Muse, Col. Elliott Muse and Capt. Elliott Muse Healy ; donated by 
Thomas Muse Southgate and James Southgate, grandsons of Col. Thomas Muse. 

17. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) commemorative 
of Capt. Churchill Blakey and Col. Robert Blakey ; donated by Robert Blakey, Civil 
Service Commission, Washington, D. C, grandson. 

18. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) commemorative 
of J. A. G. Davis, professor of law and author of Davis' "Criminal Law," University of 
Virginia, and of John Staige Davis, M.A.,M.D., demonstrator and professor of anatomy, 
University of Virginia ; donated by Prof. John Staige Davis, University of Virginia ; 
D. C. I. Davis, Jr., Charleston, W. Va., and Judge Wright. 

19. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) commemorative 
of the Clerks of Middlesex County, 21 in number, from 1673 to present time ; donated 
by citizens of Middlesex. 

Northumberland County. 

1. Judge John C. Ewell, Judge County Courts of Northumberland and Lancaster ; 
donated by his family. 

2. Judge Edwin Broun, Judge County Courts of Northumberland and Lancaster ; 
donated by his family. 

3. Judge Samuel Downing, Judge County Courts of Northumberland and Lan- 
caster, and Virginia Legislature ; donated by his family. 

4. Hon. Fleming Bates, Clerk of Courts and member Constitutional Convention, 
1829-1830, brother of Gen. Edward Bates, Attorney-General United States; donated 
by Mrs. Flemintine Ball, Raleigh, N. C, his daughter. 

5. Maj.-Gen. Roger Jones, Adjutant-General, United States Army; donated by 
Winfield Scott Jones, San Francisco, Cal., his son. 

6. Judge John Tayloe Lomax, Circuit Judge, professor of law, University of 
Virginia, and author ; donated by Wm. S. Cralle. 

7. Judge Samuel L. Straughan, Judge County Courts Northumberland and Lan- 
caster and member Virginia Legislature; donated by Miss Jane Straughan, his 
daughter. 

8. Judge Eustace Conway, Judge Circuit Court ; donated by A. S. Rice. 

9. A. J. Brent, Clerk of Courts; donated by R. S. Brent and Dr. A. M. Brent, 
bis two sons. 

10. M. B. Cralle, Clerk of Courts ; donated by his son, J. B. Cralle. 

11. Capt. William Harding, member of old County Court; donated by Mrs. V. 
B. Harding. 

12. Col. Thomas S. Sydnor, member of old County Court; donated by Carey J. 
Hall and Eudora Hall, his wife, Covington, Ky. 

13. Cyrus Harding, member of old County Court ; donated by Mrs. V. B. Harding. 

14. Major W. P. Booth, member of old County Court; donated by James M. 
Booth. 

15. Wm. B. Hudnall, member of old County Court ; donated by Wm. A. Hudnall, 
his son. 

16. Dr. A. J. Henderson, member of old County Court; donated by Dr. O. J. 
Henderson, Montgomery, W. Va., his son. 

17. Capt. Dandridge Cox, member of old County Court ; donated by Mrs. Emma 
S. Eubank, his daughter. 



18. Dr. Wm. H. Harding, member of old County Court and Virginia Legislature; 
loaned by E. C. Harding, Baltimore, Md. 

19. Dr. James S. Gilliam, member Virginia Legislature ; donated by Mrs. Broun, 
Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. Pierce, his children. 

20. Hon. George Walker, member Virginia Legislature ; donated by Hon. W. W. 
Walker. 

21. Capt. T. Edwin Betts, Commonwealth's Attorney and Senate of Virginia; 
donated by L. R. and J. E. Betts. 

22. Col. Ferdinand Blackwell, Commonwealth's Attorney ; donated by Mrs. Ger- 
trude Harding, his sister. 

23. Major H. C. De Shields, Major, Confederate States Army, and Common- 
wealth's Attorney ; donated by his children. 

24. Gen. Walter Jones, lawyer and statesman ; donated by Miss Annie Lee Pey- 
ton, Joseph Packard, Henry Harrison and Miss Virginia Miller, Farquier county, 
Virginia. 

25. John H. Coles, member of old County Court; donated by Mrs. Irene L. 
Lewis, his daughter. 

26. Col. S. B. Burgess, member of old County Court and Virginia Legislature ; 
donated by Dr. W. P. Sydnor. 

27. Capt. Joseph De Shields, War 1812 and member of the old County Court ; 
donated by his family. 

28. John R. Stith, Clerk of Courts ; donated by R. S. Brent, his nephew. 

29. Rev. Starke Jett, member of old County Court and Virginia Legislature ; 
donated by T. A. Jett, his son. 

30. Col. Walter Rice, member of old County Court ; donated by Rev. A. F. Rice, 
his son. 

31. Gen. Edward Bates, Attorney-General United States; donated by Hon. Ben- 
jamin Chambers. 

32. M. B. Cralle, Clerk of Courts ; donated by his widow and children. 

33. Col. Richard A. Claybrook, member of Virginia Legislature ; donated by Rev. 
F. W. Claybrook, his son. 

34. Mural tablet (polished Virginia granite, with coat of arms) commemorative 
of Samuel Blackwell, 1680-1732, vestryman and Justice; Capt. Samuel Blackwell, 
1710-1762, member of Legislature, vestryman; William Blackwell, 1713-1772, Sheriff 
Fauquier county; John Blackwell and Joseph Blackwell, Revolutionary patriots; 
Col. Sam Blackwell, 1785-1835"; Major Hiram Blackwell, War 1812; Col. Ferdinand 
Blackwell, Commonwealth's Attorney, 1846-1856; Lieut. Oscar Blackwell, Confeder- 
ate States Army, 1861-1865, and Lieut. T. E. Blackwell, 1861-1865; donated by 
Edgar, Thomas and Moreau Blackwell, Mrs. Gertrude Harding, William and Robert, 
sons of Thomas Blackwell ; AVoodley Thomas and Hiram, sons of Moreau Blackwell. 

35. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) commemora- 
tive of Clerks of Courts — 25 in number — from 1648 to present time ; donated by 
citizens of Northumberland county. 

36. Gen. R. E. Lee ; donated by W. S. Cralle. 

37. Gen. T. J. Jackson (Stonewall) ; donated by W. S. Cralle. 

Gloucester County. 

1. Major-General Wm. B. Taliaferro, Confederate States Army, officer in Mexican 
War, VirgiDia Legislature, Judge and statesman ; donated by his family. 



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2. Judge Warner T. Jones, Judge County Courts, Gloucester and Mathews, and 
Legislature of Virginia ; donated by Capt. R. M. Page. 

3. Judge Wyndham Kemp, Judge County Courts, Gloucester and Mathews; 
donated by Mrs. Washington, his daughter. 

4. Jefferson W. Stubbs, President old County Court ; donated by his family. 

5. Hon. John Tyler Seawell, member of Legislature and Commonwealth's Attor- 
ney and Secession Convention ; donated by Miss Mollie Elliott Seawell. 

6. M. Boswell Seawell, Commonwealth's Attorney ; donated by Miss Mollie Elliott 
Seawell. 

7. John S. Cooke, Clerk of Courts ; donated by W. B. Cooke, Jenkinstown, Pa., 
and John C. Cooke, Roanoke, Va., sons. 

8. John R. Cary, Clerk of Courts ; donated by John R., Charles E. and Samuel B. 
Cary. 

9. Samuel B. Chapman, Clerk of Courts, and Virginia Legislature ; donated by 
his family. 

10. Speaker Augustine Warner, House of Burgesses ; donated by Wm. C. L. Talia- 
ferro, Mrs. A. W. Withers and Mrs. C. W. Selden. 

11. Col. Wm. Jones, Commonwealth's Attorney ; donated by Major T. Catesby 
Jones, Confederate States Army. 

12. Major T. Catesby Jones, Major, Confederate States Army ; donated by family. 

13. Thomas C. Robins, member old County Court ; donated by his family. 

14. Major John William Puller, Major, Confederate States Army ; donated by M. 
M. Puller, his son. 

15. Capt. Thomas A. Robins, Captain, Confederate States Army ; donated by 
Company "A," Thirty-fourth Virginia Infantry. 

16. Lieut. Wm. J. Baytop, Lieutenant, Confederate States Army ; donated by 
Company "A," Thirty-fourth Virginia Infantry. 

17. Lieut. R. D. Miller, Lieutenant, Confederate States Army; donated by Wm, 
Miller, his son. 

18. Lieut. Phillip Tabb, Revolutionary officer ; donated by John Tabb, Jr. 

19. Commodore Thomas Jefferson Page, Confederate States Navy ; donated by 
Senator James N. Stubbs. 

20. Lieut.-Col. Fielding Lewis Taylor, Confederate States Army ; donated by his 
grandchildren. 

21. Judge John Bacon Clopton, Circuit Court ; donated by Hon. Chas. M. Wallace, 
Jr., his grandson. 

22. Capt. William Robins, member old County Court ; donated by his descendants. 

23. Augustine W. Robins, member old County Court and House of Delegates ; 
donated by A. H. Robins, his son. 

24. Dr. Thomas C. Clopton, member of old County Court, House of Delegates and 
officer Confederate States Army ; donated by Doswell Clopton, his grandson. 

25. Wm. K. Davis, member old County Court ; donated by his children. 

26. Rev. A. F. Scott, member of old County Court ; donated by his children. 

27. Warner P. Roane, member of old County Court and Legislature of Virginia ; 
donated by United States Marshal Morgan Treat. 

28. Major P. H. Fitzhugh, Major Confederate States Army ; donated by his sons, 
R. A. and Wm. C. Fitzhugh. 



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29. Wm. Robins Stubbs, member of old County Court ; donated by Senator J. N. 
Stubbs. 

30. James Dabney, Sheriff ; donated by Franklin P. Dabney, his brother. 

31. Col. Powhatan R. Page, Colonel, Confederate States Army ; donated by A. W. 
Withers. 

32. Warner Taliaferro, State Senator; donated by Mrs. B. R. Wellford, his 
daughter. 

33. Edwin Broaddus, member old County Court ; donated by Miss Bettie Broad- 
dus, his daughter. 

34. Benjamin A. Rowe, member of the old Court ; donated by Edwin H. Rowe. 

35. John Sinclair, member of the old Court and Sheriff; donated by Hon. J. N. 
Stubbs. 

36. Capt. James B. Browne, Captain Confederate States Army and Sheriff of 
county ; donated by Junius C. Browne. 

37. Col. George Wythe Munford, Secretary of the Commonwealth ; donated by 
Major Powhatan Ellis. 

38. A mural table (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) to Governor 
John M. Gregory, United States District Attorney, Governor of Virginia and Circuit 
Judge ; donated by Mrs. Mattie Gregory Galbraith, Spartanburg, S. C. 

39. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) commemorative 
of the Pages ; donated by Thomas Nelson Page. 

40. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) commemorative 
of the Cookes ; donated by Hon. Merritt Todd Cooke. 

41. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) commemorative 
of Walter Reed, M.D., M.A., and LL.D., Major and Surgeon in the Army of the 
United States, who, by demonstrating in Cuba the transmission by mosquitoes of yellow 
fever, gave to man the control of that scourge of our hemisphere ; donated by Major 
Jefferson Randolph Kean, Surgeon United States Army, and his comrades, United 
States Army. 

42. Wm. Ap. Catesby Jones, Confederate States Army ; donated by Maryus Jones. 

43. Capt. Wm. Ap. W. Jones, Captain United States Army ; donated by Walker 
Jones, his son. 

44. Hon. T. R. B. Wright, Judge Circuit Court : donated by Hon. J. N. Stubbs. 

45. Mural tablet (polished Italian marble, letters black and gold) to Nathaniel 
Bacon, patriot ; donated by admirers. 

46. Large oil painting of Arthur Landon Davies, Clerk of Courts; donated by 
citizens of Gloucester county. 

47. Marble tablet to the memory of the Confederate Women of Gloucester County, 
1861-1865 ; donated by the "Gloucester Monument Association." 

King William County. 

1. Gen. Philip Aylett, statesman ; donated by Col. William R. Aylett. 

2. Patrick Henry Aylett, United States District Attorney ; donated by Mrs. Sallie 
Aylett Boiling and Mrs. Wm. L. Royall, his daughters, Richmond, Va. 

3. Col. Wm. R. Aylett, Commonwealth's Attorney; donated by Mrs. Moses D. 
Hoge, his daughter, Richmond, Va. 

4. Thomas P. Bagby, attorney-at4aw ; donated by his wife. 

5. Col. Thomas H. Carter, Confederate States Army, artillery, and Proctor of the 
University of Virginia ; donated by his children. 



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6. Hon. Beverly B. Douglas, member of Congress ; donated by Mrs. Bessie D. 
Moncure, his daughter. 

7. Overton Dabney, Commonwealth's Attorney ; donated by L. D. Robinson, his 
nephew. 

8. Camm S. Garrett, President of the old County Court ; donated by B. C. Gar- 
rett, his son, Clerk of the Circuit Court. 

9. Capt. Thomas Haynes, Confederate States Army, County Treasurer ; donated 
by William Haynes. 

10. Judge John D. Foster, Judge of County Court ; donated by Mrs. F. Almira 
Pitts, his sister, Amelia county, Virginia. 

11. Judge James M. Jeffries, Judge of the Circuit Court ; donated by Hon. H. R. 
Pollard. 

12. Col. Robin Pollard, Clerk of Courts. 

13. J. O. Pollard, Clerk of Courts. 

14. W. D. Pollard, Clerk of Courts. 

15. Dr. George Wm. Pollard, Colonel, Confederate States Army ; the last four 
donated by the Pollard family. 

16. W. T. Mooklar, Sheriff, Supervisor and member Virginia Legislature ; donated 
by Mrs. Lucy T. Mooklar, his wife. 

17.i John Wm. Taylor, Sheriff; donated by his daughter, Mrs. Henry Redwood. 
Asheville, N. C. 

18. O. M. Winston, Clerk of Courts ; donated by Mrs. N. D. Winston, his wife. 






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